Mamluk Rebellion of 1250

The Mamluk (Mameluke) Rebellion of 1250 was an uprising by the Ayyubid Empire's slave solders. The Mamluks cast off their shackles and rose up in rebellion against their masters, setting up a new regime under Baibars.

Background
The Mamelukes were originally slave soldiers in the service of Muslim emirs, typically of ethnic groups considered inferior. Famous Mameluke general Baybars planned an uprising of the slave soldiers against the Ayyubid Empire's Sultans, who were oppressing the lower classes. Baybars, a Kipchak Turk, gathered all other Mameluke soldiers and rebelled along the Nile in Central Egypt.

War
The Mamluks revolted en masse in central Egypt, forcing the Ayyubids to deal with them. Baybars entered Cairo in triumph and forced the Ayyubids to accept his new regime. He was granted emergency powers, practically inviting him to fight off the Seventh Crusade. Soon after, the Mamluks lost power.